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BLS Core Requirements

The BLS common core courses develop fundamental skills in writing, critical thinking, information literacy and leadership and give students the opportunity to explore ideas from multiple perspectives. Additional details about the BLS Common Core Requirement can be found in the General Catalog.

Students who have an Associate of Arts degree from an Iowa or Illinois two-year institution participating in articulation agreements with the University of Iowa have satisfied the BLS Common Core/general education Requirements, except Leadership and Career Development.

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Rhetoric course work equivalent to Composition II and Speech. Consult your Degree Audit to verify which Rhetoric course you need to satisfy this requirement. Courses approved for the Rhetoric area of the CLAS General Education Program satisfy the B.L.S. rhetoric requirement. The following courses are offered by distance education.

Students must complete one approved course (3 s.h.) in this area. They may use any 3 s.h. course approved for the Interpretation of Literature area of the CLAS General Education Program. The following course is offered by distance education.

Students must complete one approved course (3 s.h.) in this area. They may use any 3 s.h. course approved for the Natural Sciences area of the CLAS General Education Program, including the following courses offered by distance education.

Students must complete one approved course (3 s.h.) in this area. They may use any 3 s.h. course approved for the International and Global Issues area of the CLAS General Education Program, including the following courses offered by distance education.

Students must complete one approved course (3 s.h.) that addresses diversity and domestic perspectives on current issues. They may use any 3 s.h. course approved for the Values, Society and Diversity area of the CLAS General Education Program, including the following courses offered by distance education. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR NEW ADMITS AFTER SPRING 2017: If using the Gen Ed search in MyUI, you will need to select "Values and Culture".

Students must complete one approved statistics course (3 s.h.). They may use any 3 s.h. course offered by the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science with the prefix STAT except STAT:1000 First-Year Seminar. The following distance education courses are approved for the B.L.S. statistics requirement.